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FINISHING SCHOOL ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The ConceptThe Finishing School on Environmental Management is to providestudents/ young teaching professionals connect between "Theory" and"Practice". Filling of the "gaps", “updating” and providing a roundedexposure is the idea.Who should attend?The School is open for both students as well as young teachingprofessionals. We will limit the School however to only 40 participants.What is the Eligibility Requirement?Students who have completed undergraduate programme in engineering,with specific interest in teaching environmental management subjects andallied areas. Young teachers from Engineering Colleges and PolytechnicColleges who are interested in the update and a lateral exposure tocurrent topics in environmental management A selection criteria will beused to ensure that participants are at comparative levels of exposureand experience. The maximum number of participants in restricted to 40.When?June 28 to July 09, 2010.VenueNITTTR, Chennai. The School will be conducted in partnership with otherleading Institutions.MethodologyThe School uses a blended learning methodology. It uses elements suchas lectures, case studies, discussion sessions, role playing interactives,audio-visuals, multimedia tools etc. Each lecture presentation will have akey discusser so as to guide the discussions. Dr S. Mohan will be theprincipal mentor and faculty. In addition there will be faculty and resourcepersons from NITTTR, IIT Madras, Environmental Consultancyorganizations, Govt. departments and Environmental regulators. Lectureswill cover essentials of modern environmental management strategies andtools with case studies. The participants will go through various exercises.Exercises will include making PowerPoint presentations, doing a documentreview, using Internet effectively. There will also be an EnvironmentalQuiz. There will be sessions on the last day dedicated to career planning –both in research as well as in the professional practice. Here, there will beopportunities to meet with potential job providers. A session on “Meetwho made it” will be inspirational to connect participants with achievers inIndia’s environmental management.Please write toDr. S. Mohan, Director, NITTTR, Chennai. Email: smohan@nitttrc.ac.in